When it doesn't work

So here I am again questioning our society relying so heavily on technology. I had a conversation with my brother over the weekend that got me thinking this way again. My brother writes for the Journal Gazette and was very frustrated that the paper had sent him to Chicago to cover the Cubs but because of the "new" printing press and all its wonderful technology, couldn't print his article because they had to move the deadline up so early. They are having so many problems, even though they had like two months of dry runs, that they can't even get all the news in because of the early deadlines to accommodate the difficulties they are having with the technology of the new press. So all this news that doesn't get printed is put on the web. It makes me think that it won't be long before there won't even be a printed paper. I have to wonder if it is a case like many of us have discussed about how great the new technology is but the importance of knowing how to use it before incorporating it into the classroom.